The Wake of Magellan

Lyrics

[Verse 1] As he stood upon the watch deck Looking out onto the sea It would offer no solutions Only silent company So he took hold of the reasons As he tried to understand But they offered just confusion As they bled into his- [Pre-Chorus 1] Dear God, couldn't you decide What should happen to a man's assassins Dear God, is it suicide I have never been a man of passions [Chorus] I believe what the prophets said That the oceans hold their dead But at night when the waves are near They whisper, and I hear [Verse 2] There are wounds that bleed inside us There are wounds we never see They are part of our refinements That allows a man to be There are wounds that bleed in silence With aristocratic grace There are tears we keep beside them Never seen upon a- [Pre-Chorus 2] Dear God, do you think it's wise To remember everything that's ever happened? Dear God, could we compromise Or must the shadows of this night be everlasting? [Chorus] I believe what the prophets said That the oceans hold their dead As I contemplate this stand What I do is who I am [Guitar Solo] [Chorus] I believe what the prophets said That the oceans hold their dead But at night when the waves are near They whisper, and I hear, yeah [Bridge] Don't see the storms are forming Don't see or heed the warning Don't hear the sound of tyrants Surrounded by the silence Don't see the storms are forming Don't see or heed the warning Don't hear the sound of tyrants Surrounded by the silence Don't see the storms are forming (Columbus and Magellan and De Gama sailed upon the ocean) Don't see or heed the warning (In a world of ignorance with thoughts so primitive) Don't hear the sound of tyrants (That men were killed with no more will than that they simply had the notion) Surrounded by the silence (But in this world of heartless men this thing they never did) Don't see the storms are forming (Columbus and Magellan and De Gama sailed upon the ocean) Don't see or heed the warning (In a world of ignorance with thoughts so primitive) Don't hear the sound of tyrants (That men were killed with no more will than that they simply had the notion) Surrounded by the silence (But in this world of heartless men this thing they never did) Don't see the storms are forming (Columbus and Magellan and De Gama sailed upon the ocean; Don't hear it, don't hear it) Don't see or heed the warning (In a world of ignorance with thoughts so primitive; Don't hear it, don't hear it) Don't hear the sound of tyrants (That men were killed with no more will than that they simply had the notion; Don't hear it, don't hear it) Surrounded by the silence (But in this world of heartless men this thing they never did; Don't hear it, don't hear it) Don't see the storms are forming (Columbus and Magellan and De Gama sailed upon the ocean; Don't hear it, don't hear it) Don't see or heed the warning (In a world of ignorance with thoughts so primitive; Don't hear it, don't hear it) Don't hear the sound of tyrants (That men were killed with no more will than that they simply had the notion; Don't hear it, don't hear it) Surrounded by the silence (But in this world of heartless men this thing they never did; Don't hear it, don't hear it) (Got to keep it underground) Don't see the storms are forming (Columbus and Magellan and De Gama sailed upon the ocean; Don't hear it, don't hear it) (If they find it kill it, blind it) Don't see or heed the warning (In a world of ignorance with thoughts so primitive; Don't hear it, don't hear it) (Got to keep it underground) Don't hear the sound of tyrants (That men were killed with no more will than that they simply had the notion; Don't hear it, don't hear it) (If they find it kill it, blind it) Surrounded by the silence (But in this world of heartless men this thing they never did; Don't hear it, don't hear it) (Got to keep it underground) Don't see the storms are forming (Columbus and Magellan and De Gama sailed upon the ocean; Don't hear it, don't hear it) (If they find it kill it, blind it) Don't see or heed the warning (In a world of ignorance with thoughts so primitive; Don't hear it, don't hear it) (Got to keep it underground) Don't hear the sound of tyrants (That men were killed with no more will than that they simply had the notion; Don't hear it, don't hear it) (If they find it kill it, blind it) Surrounded by the silence (But in this world of heartless men this thing they never did; Don't hear it, don't hear it) (Got to keep it underground) Don't see the storms are forming (Columbus and Magellan and De Gama sailed upon the ocean; Don't hear it, don't hear it) (If they find it kill it, blind it) Don't see or heed the warning (In a world of ignorance with thoughts so primitive; Don't hear it, don't hear it) (Got to keep it underground) Don't hear the sound of tyrants (That men were killed with no more will than that they simply had the notion; Don't hear it, don't hear it) They whisper and I hear [Instrumental Outro]